Hypnosis (move)

Hypnosis さいみんじゅつ Hypnosis

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Battles Type  Psychic Category  Status PP  20 (max. 32) Power  — Accuracy  60% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Affected by Magic Coat and Magic Bounce Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally Does not affect any Pokémon*

Availability Introduced  Generation I Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  1 ♥ Jam  3 ♥♥♥ Badly startles those that have made appeals.

Super Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Prevents the Voltage from going down in the same turn.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Smart Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Hypnosis (Japanese: さいみんじゅつ Hypnosis) is a fairly accurate non-damaging Psychic-type move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Generations I-III

Hypnosis puts the opponent to sleep.

Hypnosis can't affect an opponent that already has a major status ailment.

In Stadium, Hypnosis can't affect an opponent that has a substitute.

Hypnosis has 60 accuracy.

Generation IV

Same as before, except with 70 accuracy. In Platinum however, it was changed back to 60%.

In the anime

• Gengar using Hypnosis.PNG

  A Gengar using Hypnosis.

• Drowzee.png

  A Drowzee using Hypnosis.

• Harrison's Hypno using Hypnosis.PNG

  Harrison's Hypno using Hypnosis.

Pokémon

Gengar. Gengar put's its hands together and releases black circles that expand as they move towards it's target.

• Used by an unknown Trainer's Gengar in Pokémon - I Choose You!. Debut

Drowzee. Rainbow colored circles are released from Drowzee and expand as they move towards the foe.

• Used by a Drowzee in Hypno's Naptime.

Hypno. Hypno simply swings its pendulum in front of its target's face until it falls asleep.

• Used by Harrison's Hypno in Playing with Fire!.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0060 Poliwag Water 16 0061 Poliwhirl Water -- 0061 Poliwhirl Water 16 0062 Poliwrath Water Fighting -- 0062 Poliwrath Water Fighting 16 0092 Gastly Ghost Poison 27 0093 Haunter Ghost Poison 29 0094 Gengar Ghost Poison 29 0096 Drowzee Psychic -- 0097 Hypno Psychic -- 0102 Exeggcute Grass Psychic -- 0103 Exeggutor Grass Psychic -- Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0060 Poliwag Water 7 0061 Poliwhirl Water -- 0061 Poliwhirl Water 7 0062 Poliwrath Water Fighting -- 0062 Poliwrath Water Fighting 7 0092 Gastly Ghost Poison -- 0093 Haunter Ghost Poison -- 0094 Gengar Ghost Poison -- 0096 Drowzee Psychic -- 0097 Hypno Psychic -- 0102 Exeggcute Grass Psychic -- 0103 Exeggutor Grass Psychic -- 0163 Hoothoot Normal Flying 16 0164 Noctowl Normal Flying 16 0186 Politoed Water -- 0234 Stantler Normal 15 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0037 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Vulpix
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Stantler |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0052 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Meowth
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Stantler |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0054 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Psyduck
| colspan="2" style="background:#2980EF; text-align: center;" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Poliwag, Poliwhirl, Poliwrath, Politoed
Stantler |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0077 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Ponyta
| colspan="2" style="background:#E62829; text-align: center;" | Fire | style="background: #FFF" | Stantler |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0122 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Mr. Mime
| colspan="2" style="background:#EF4179; text-align: center;" | Psychic | style="background: #FFF" | Drowzee, Hypno

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB
from this move. |} |}

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0060 Poliwag Water 7 0061 Poliwhirl Water -- 0061 Poliwhirl Water 7 0062 Poliwrath Water Fighting -- 0062 Poliwrath Water Fighting 7 0092 Gastly Ghost Poison -- 0093 Haunter Ghost Poison -- 0094 Gengar Ghost Poison -- 0096 Drowzee Psychic -- 0097 Hypno Psychic -- 0102 Exeggcute Grass Psychic -- 0103 Exeggutor Grass Psychic -- 0163 Hoothoot Normal Flying 16 0164 Noctowl Normal Flying 16 0186 Politoed Water -- 0193 Yanma Bug Flying 23 0234 Stantler Normal 19 0234 Stantler Normal 17 0280 Ralts Psychic 41 0281 Kirlia Psychic 47 0282 Gardevoir Psychic 51 0327 Spinda Normal 23 0337 Lunatone Rock Psychic 19 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

• Vulpix
• Meowth
• Psyduck
• Ponyta
• Mr. Mime
• Feebas
• Chimecho

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0060 Poliwag Water 8 0061 Poliwhirl Water -- 0061 Poliwhirl Water 8 0062 Poliwrath Water Fighting -- 0092 Gastly Ghost Poison -- 0093 Haunter Ghost Poison -- 0094 Gengar Ghost Poison -- 0096 Drowzee Psychic -- 0097 Hypno Psychic -- 0102 Exeggcute Grass Psychic -- 0103 Exeggutor Grass Psychic -- 0163 Hoothoot Normal Flying 9 0164 Noctowl Normal Flying -- 0164 Noctowl Normal Flying 9 0186 Politoed Water -- 0193 Yanma Bug Flying 38 0234 Stantler Normal 10 0280 Ralts Psychic 43 0281 Kirlia Psychic 50 0282 Gardevoir Psychic 60 0327 Spinda Normal 23 0337 Lunatone Rock Psychic 12 0431 Glameow Normal 13 0432 Purugly Normal 13 0436 Bronzor Steel Psychic 7 0437 Bronzong Steel Psychic -- 0437 Bronzong Steel Psychic 7 0442 Spiritomb Ghost Dark 13 0491 Darkrai Dark 20 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

• Vulpix
• Zubat
• Meowth
• Psyduck
• Ponyta
• Mr. Mime
• Feebas
• Chimecho
• Drifloon
• Chingling
• Mime Jr.

In other languages

• French: Hypnose
• German: Hypnose
• Italian: Ipnosi
• Spanish: Hipnosis